Cesca Therapeutics Announces First Evaluation Agreement With a Leading U.S. Academic Research Institution for X-Series Products That Provide Automated, Closed System Cellular Processing

Cesca Therapeutics (NASDAQ:KOOL), a market leader in automated cell processing and point-of-care, autologous cell-based therapies, today announced that it has entered into its first evaluation agreement with a leading, U.S. academic institution’s cell therapy research arm to assess certain of Cesca’s patented and proprietary X-Series products for automated, closed system cellular processing.

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X-Series products are part of Cesca’s CAR-TXpress™ platform which is an automated system that selects target cells using its patented, buoyancy-activated cell separation (X-BACS™) technology. The system is a multi-device platform designed to automate many of the manual steps currently involved in cell processing. As such, the CAR-TXpress system can provide a comprehensive and commercially viable, automated cellular manufacturing and control (CMC) solution for the development of CAR-T as well as CAR-NK therapeutics.

“The complexity of the CAR-T manufacturing process stands as a significant obstacle to the more rapid uptake of these ground-breaking therapies, contributing to lengthy treatment times and high costs,” said Phil Coelho, chief technology officer of ThermoGenesis, Cesca’s device subsidiary. “We believe CAR-TXpress™ can automate key steps in the process while at the same time improving cell yields and consistency. We look forward to the results of this initial evaluation, and we are hopeful that it will lead to a long and productive collaboration with this highly regarded institution.”

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